Accounting Management

Nora Seoane-Jobson, CFP®

E:********@******.***, P: 201-***-****

SUMMARY

Experienced and dedicated financial services professional with superb interpersonal and writing skills, including the ability to communicate effectively while providing the highest level of organization and advocacy in a results oriented environment. Areas of expertise include analyzing, recording and maintaining of HNW client financial records; budgeting and expense management; analyzing of investment instruments; tax planning and compliance for individuals, trusts and private foundations; management of IT department; and implementation of accounting software upgrades.

Team player and hands- on leader with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast paced environment and adhere to deadlines while maintaining confidentiality and the highest level of administrative, management and service delivery standards. I am a consensus builder, collaborative, team-oriented, self-motivated, and can affect change.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Abacus and Associates, Inc. 2003- Present

Chief Operating Officer/ Director of Client Operations, Accounting & Finance (2007 – Present)

Vice President (2003 – 2007)

Abacus & Associates Inc. is a private single-family office in New York that provides the following services for Individuals, Trusts and Foundations:

Prepare financial statements, cash flow, income and expense reports and budgeting.

Issue Quarterly Financial and Performance Reports.

Oversee Tax Compliance, reporting services, investment allocation and accounting functions.

Design and Implement work flows for maximum efficiency and compliance.

Coordination of insurance, mortgages, bankers and attorneys.

Develop, Manage and educate staff to perform duties in a team centric work environment.

Monitor and create allocation for in house investment partnerships with multiple partners.

Design, implement and monitor client accounts for wealth planning opportunities and tax efficient strategies with in-house tax department.

Oversee financial planning and analysis including developing both short-term and long-term budgets and projections and accounting.

Understand family dynamics and communicate solutions facilitating family unity and adhering to the families’ respective mission and vision.

Spears Abacus Advisors LLC (a new venture of Abacus and Associates Inc) 2007 – 2013

Spears Abacus Advisors is a separate but related entity of Abacus Advisors above that was created to maintain the independence of the two entities for investment and advisory purposes.

Chief Operating Officer (2007 – 2013)

Responsible for the accounting and operational aspects/issues relating to investment activities of clients.

Supervise and approve the recording of all daily accounting transactions downloaded from our custodians thru Advent

Record and analyze accounting transactions for five internal partnerships

Maintain accounting records for over 500 hundred clients

Create trade allocations for clients’ accounts based on investment needs

Supervise IT department in all accounting software issues

Organized the flow of duties among the accounting and controller staff

Created and implemented workflows for client on boarding, asset transitions, account opening, managed accounts, statement processing, trade execution, data integrity, transaction processing and proxy voting.

Responsible for business analysis, integration of technology and operating model design.

Responsible for oversight and day-to-day functions of operation team, staff mentorship and development.

Manage relationships and service level agreements with multiple third party providers.

Oversee the selection, design and transition to new reporting packages for selected clients.

Ongoing development and upgrading of current portfolio system to stream workflows and gain efficiencies.

Oversaw the conversion and testing of the firm portfolio system to the clouds.

Designed Business Continuity Plan; coordinated employee awareness and plan testing.

Extensive contact with clients, custodians, traders and accountants regarding rebalancing, asset transitions, reporting and multiple wealth planning issues.

Worked with Chief Compliance Officer to monitor and track client policies and restrictions.

Implemented and designed best execution compliance policy and reporting for firm mutual fund with Chief Compliance Officer and trader.

Overbrook Management Corporation, NY, NY 1994 – 2003

Overbrook Management was a Single Family Office Investment advisory that became a multi-family office firm and RIA in 2002.

Assistant Controller

Oversaw the accounting and tracking of client’s trust and assets.

Created monthly budgets for clients.

Coordinated the seamless conversion of the internal accounting system from Belvedere to Advent.

Maintained the accounting records for two internal partnerships, one family partnership and a large private family foundation.

Negotiated and coordinated the financing, purchase and sale of new homes for clients.

Collected all tax related information from clients and coordinated the preparation of tax returns and audits by external accounting firms.

Coordinated activities such as development of wills and designation of trustees among clients, trustees and attorneys.

Oversee bill paying process and cash management.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., NY, NY 1993 –1994

R.L. Ireland Family Office

Administrator

Maintained all accounting records for Mr. Ireland’s Family.

Prepared annual budgets analyzed expenses and projected investment income.

Assisted in the relocation of the family office in an effort to decrease expenses and increase efficiencies.

Ernst & Young, NY, NY 1988 –1993

Senior Accountant-Individual/Family High Net Worth Specialty

Tax and Auditing compliance for high wealth individuals and their various investment entities.

Tax compliance for private foundations and family trusts.

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Marymount Manhattan College, NY, NY

Bachelor of Science in Accounting

June 1989

Fordham University, NY, NY

Certified Financial Planning Certificate

IMCA

Certificate in Applied Behavioral Finance

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Software Suite: Word; Excel; Outlook, and PowerPoint

Advent and Great Plains Software, Quicken, Adobe, eMoney

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